West Cork was one of the worst damaged regions in the country during storms over the weekend, and the county council is to seek emergency government funding to deal with washed- away roads and bridges.

A former Youthreach worker has failed in his effort to bring a claim of unfair dismissal against the Cork Education and Training Board after an Employment Appeals Tribunal ruled his claim had been lodged too late.

The retired co-ordinator of Macroom Youthreach has appealed to the Public Accounts Committee to delay its probe of a damning audit into the centre he ran for four years.

THE number of early school leavers seeking training and education is on the rise as they struggle to find work or college places, according to the head of a service in one of Cork’s most disadvantaged city communities.

TEEN gangs who engage in underage drinking and drug abuse are on the increase in an affluent Cork suburb, according to a report by a leading academic.